SAS-H: Soil Biology

Title	SAS-H: Soil Biology
Type	Research cluster

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Potential unintended consequences of agricultural land use change driven by dietary transitions

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Blackwell, M. S. A., Takahashi, T., Cardenas, L. M., Collins, A. L., Enriquez, D., Griffith, B. A., Hunt, J., Lee, M. R. F., Misselbrook, T. H., Neal, A. L., Rivero, M. J., Shield, I. F., Storkey, J., Wu, L. and Harris, P. 2024. Potential unintended consequences of agricultural land use change driven by dietary transitions. npj sustainable agriculture. 2 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44264-023-00008-8

Frontier-line analysis: a novel pedometric technique for estimating potential carbon sequestration

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Rossel, R. A. V. and Webster, R. 2024. Frontier-line analysis: a novel pedometric technique for estimating potential carbon sequestration. Pedometron newsletter of the Pedometrics Commission of the IUSS. 48, pp. 6-11.

The pore-rhizosheath shapes maize root architecture by enhancing root distribution in macropores

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Liu, L., Qin, S., Whalley, W. R., Zhou, H., Ren, T. and Gao, W. 2024. The pore-rhizosheath shapes maize root architecture by enhancing root distribution in macropores. Plant, Cell and Environment. pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14915

Data for: Agricultural intensification reduces selection of putative plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in wheat

N - Datasets

Reid, T., Kavamura, V. N., Torres-Ballesteros, A., Smith, M., Abadie, M., Pawlett, M., Clark, I. M., Harris, J. A. and Mauchline, T. H. 2024. Data for: Agricultural intensification reduces selection of putative plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in wheat. https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.98zz7

The potato rhizosphere microbiota correlated to the yield of three different regions in Korea

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Bak, G., Lee, K. K., Clark, I. M., Mauchline, T. H., Kavamura, V. N., Lund, G., Jee, S., Lee, J., Kim, H. and Lee, Y. 2024. The potato rhizosphere microbiota correlated to the yield of three different regions in Korea. Scientific Reports. 14, p. 4536. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55263-7

A warming climate will make Australian soil a net emitter of atmospheric CO2

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Rossel, R. A. V., Zhang, M., Behrens, T. and Webster, R. 2024. A warming climate will make Australian soil a net emitter of atmospheric CO2. npj climate and atmospheric science. 7, p. 79. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00619-z

How much organic carbon could the soil store? The carbon sequestration potential of Australian soil

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Rossel, R. A. V., Webster, R., Zhang, M., Shen, Z., Dixon, K., Wang, Y. -. and Walden, L. 2024. How much organic carbon could the soil store? The carbon sequestration potential of Australian soil. Global Change Biology. 30 (1), p. e17053. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17053

The effects of soil compaction on wheat seedling root growth are specific to soil texture and soil moisture status

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Yu, C., Mawodza, T., Atkinson, B. S., Atkinson, J. A., Sturrock, C. J., Whalley, W. R., Hawkesford, M. J., Cooper, H., Zhang, X., Zhou, H. and Mooney, S. J. 2024. The effects of soil compaction on wheat seedling root growth are specific to soil texture and soil moisture status. Rhizosphere. 29, p. 100838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2023.100838

Recognition of notable past soil scientists

B - Book chapters etc edited externally

Gossa, M. J., Blagodatskayab, E., Bruggenc, A. H. V., Joschkod, M., Schradere, S. and Tebbee, C. 2023. Recognition of notable past soil scientists. in: Webster, R. (ed.) Encycopledia of Soils in the Environment 2nd edition Volume 5 Elsevier. pp. 680-690

Root phenotyping and root water uptake calculation using soil water contents measured in a winter wheat field

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Huang, Z., Zhang, X., Ashton, R. W., Hawkesford, M. J. and Whalley, W. R. 2023. Root phenotyping and root water uptake calculation using soil water contents measured in a winter wheat field. Agricultural Water Management. 290, p. 108607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108607

Soil structure has a greater effect on the rooting of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) than nitrogen fertilisation rate or genotype.

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Mawodza, T., Zhou, H., Atkinson, B. S., Atkinson, J. A., Sturrock, C. J., Riche, A. B., Whalley, W. R., Hawkesford, M. J., Cooper, H. V. and Mooney, S. J. 2023. Soil structure has a greater effect on the rooting of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) than nitrogen fertilisation rate or genotype. Rhizosphere. 27 (Sept), p. 100770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2023.100770

Root exudation of organic acid anions and recruitment of beneficial actinobacteria facilitate phosphorus uptake by maize in compacted silt loam soil

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Zhang, F., Hou, Y., Zed, R., Mauchline, T. H., Shen, J., Zhang, F. and Jin, K. 2023. Root exudation of organic acid anions and recruitment of beneficial actinobacteria facilitate phosphorus uptake by maize in compacted silt loam soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 184 (Sept), p. 109074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109074

Microbial Catabolic Activity: Methods, Pertinence, and Potential Interest for Improving Microbial Inoculant Efficiency

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Ndour, P. M. S., Bargaz, A., Rchiad, Z., Pawlett, M., Clark, I. M., Mauchline, T. H., Harris, J. and Lyamlouli, K. 2023. Microbial Catabolic Activity: Methods, Pertinence, and Potential Interest for Improving Microbial Inoculant Efficiency. Microbial Ecology. 86, pp. 2211-2230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-023-02250-6

Soil structure has a greater effect on the rooting of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) than nitrogen fertilisation rate or genotype

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Mawodza, T., Zhou, H., Atkinson, B. S., Atkinson, J. A., Sturrock, C. J., Riche, A. B., Whalley, W. R., Hawkesford, M. J., Cooper, H. and Mooney, S. J. 2023. Soil structure has a greater effect on the rooting of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) than nitrogen fertilisation rate or genotype. Rhizosphere. 27, p. 100770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2023.100770

Field features of the North Wyke Farm Platform: weather, topography, soil, ecosystem services provision index and management

N - Datasets

Segura, C., Neal, A. L., Castro-Sardina, L. and Irisarri, G. 2023. Field features of the North Wyke Farm Platform: weather, topography, soil, ecosystem services provision index and management . Rothamsted Research. https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.98y60

A new Rothamsted long-term field experiment for the twenty-first century - principles and practice

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Li, X., Storkey, J., Mead, A., Shield, I. F., Clark, I. M., Ostler, R., Roberts, B. and Dobermann, A. 2023. A new Rothamsted long-term field experiment for the twenty-first century - principles and practice. Agronomy for Sustainable Development - ASD. 43 (5), p. 60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-023-00914-8

Does no-tillage mitigate the negative effects of harvest compaction on soil pore characteristics in Northeast China?

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Tian, M., Whalley, W. R., Zhou, H., Ren, T. and Gao, W. 2023. Does no-tillage mitigate the negative effects of harvest compaction on soil pore characteristics in Northeast China? Soil & Tillage Research. 233, p. 105787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2023.105787

Impact of Contrasting Poultry Exposures on Human, Poultry, and Wastewater Antibiotic Resistomes in Bangladesh

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Williams, A. D., Rousham, E., Neal, A. L., Amin, M. B., Hobman, J. L., Stekel, D. and Islam, M. A. 2023. Impact of Contrasting Poultry Exposures on Human, Poultry, and Wastewater Antibiotic Resistomes in Bangladesh. Microbiology Spectrum. 11 (6), pp. 10.1128/spectrum.01763-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01763-23

Uncertainty assessment of spatial soil information

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Heuvelink, G. B. M and Webster, R. 2023. Uncertainty assessment of spatial soil information. Encyclopedia of soils in the environment. 4, pp. 671-683. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822974-3.00174-9

Changes in soil surface properties under simulated rainfall and the effect of surface roughness on runoff, infiltration and soil loss

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Bahddou, S., Otten, W., Whalley, W. R., Shin, H., El Gharous, M. and Rickson, R. J. 2023. Changes in soil surface properties under simulated rainfall and the effect of surface roughness on runoff, infiltration and soil loss. Geoderma. 431, p. 116341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116341

Greenhouse gas production, diffusion and consumption in a soil profile under maize and wheat production

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Button, E. S., Marshall, M., Sanchez-Rodriguez, A. R., Blaud, A., Abadie, M., Chadwick, D. R. and Jones, D. L. 2023. Greenhouse gas production, diffusion and consumption in a soil profile under maize and wheat production . Geoderma. 430, p. 116310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116310

Effect of different organic amendments on actual and achievable yields in a cereal-based cropping system

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Albano, X., Whitmore, A. P., Sakrabani, O., Thomas, C. L., Sizmur, T., Ritz, K., Harris, J., Pawlett, M., Watts, C. W. and Haefele, S. M. 2023. Effect of different organic amendments on actual and achievable yields in a cereal-based cropping system. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. 23, pp. 2122-2137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-023-01167-w

Arable soil nitrogen dynamics reflect organic inputs via the extended composite phenotype

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Neal, A. L., Barrat, H., Bacq-Lebreuil, A., Qin, Y., Zhang, X., Takahashi, T., Rubio, V., Hughes, D. J., Clark, I. M., Cardenas, L. M., Gardiner, L., Krishna, R., Glendining, M. J., Ritz, K., Mooney, S. and Crawford, J. W. 2023. Arable soil nitrogen dynamics reflect organic inputs via the extended composite phenotype. Nature Food. 4, pp. 51-60. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00671-z

Statistical inferential testing

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Webster, R. 2023. Statistical inferential testing. Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences. pp. 1439-1443. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85040-1_459

Unbalanced analysis of variance

B - Book chapters etc edited externally

Webster, R. 2023. Unbalanced analysis of variance. in: Daya Sagar, B. S, Cheng, Q., McKinley, J. and Agterberg, F. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences Springer. pp. 1579-1583

A loss function to evaluate agricultural decision‑making under uncertainty: a case study of soil spectroscopy

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Breure, T., Haefele, S. M., Hannam, J. A., Corstanje, R., Webster, R., Moreno-Rojas, S. and Milne, A. E. 2022. A loss function to evaluate agricultural decision‑making under uncertainty: a case study of soil spectroscopy. Precision Agriculture. 23, pp. 1333 - 1353. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-022-09887-2

Early Detection and Spread of Tomato Powdery Mildew (TPM) in Commercial Greenhouses

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Sokolidi, A., Webster, R., Milne, A. E., Clark, S. J., Clarkson, J., Bielik M., Morley, P. and West, J. S. 2022. Early Detection and Spread of Tomato Powdery Mildew (TPM) in Commercial Greenhouses. Phytopathology. 112 (11), pp. 49-49.

Spatial characteristics of the fungus powdery mildew (Erysiphe neolycopersici) on tomatoes and its spread in industrial greenhouses

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Sokolidi, A., Webster, R., Milne, A. E., Bielik, M., Morley, P., Clarkson, J. P. and West, J. S. 2022. Spatial characteristics of the fungus powdery mildew (Erysiphe neolycopersici) on tomatoes and its spread in industrial greenhouses. Biostatistics. 1 (1), pp. 18-30.

Improving the shear design of steel-bar reinforced ultra high performance fibre reinforced concrete beams using mesoscale modelling

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Zhang, Y, Yang, Z, Zhang, H., Tsang, N. and Zhang, X. 2022. Improving the shear design of steel-bar reinforced ultra high performance fibre reinforced concrete beams using mesoscale modelling. Advances in structural engineering. 24 (4). https://doi.org/10.1177/13694332221137174

A hydro-mechanical-damage fully coupled cohesive phase field model for complicated fracking simulations in poroelastic media

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Lia, H., Lei, H., Yang, Z., Wu, J., Zhang, X. and Li, S. 2022. A hydro-mechanical-damage fully coupled cohesive phase field model for complicated fracking simulations in poroelastic media. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 399, p. 115451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2022.115451

Causal Modeling of Soil Processes for Improved Generalization

Conference paper

Neal, A. L., Sharma, S., Crawford, J. W., Kiciman, E., Malvar, S., Rodriguez, E. and Chandra, R. 2022. Causal Modeling of Soil Processes for Improved Generalization. NeurIPS 2022. New Orleans Conference Center 28 Nov 2022

Abundance and phylogenetic distribution of eight key enzymes of the phosphorus biogeochemical cycle in grassland soils.

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Garaycochea, S., Altier, N., Leoni, C., Neal, A. L. and Romero, H. 2022. Abundance and phylogenetic distribution of eight key enzymes of the phosphorus biogeochemical cycle in grassland soils. Environmental Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.13159

Assessing pre-pandemic carbon footprint of diet transitions in UK nations and regions

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Ali, M., Koh, L., Liu, L., Zhang, J., Roberts, W., Robins, D. and Cooper, D. 2022. Assessing pre-pandemic carbon footprint of diet transitions in UK nations and regions. International Journal of Production Research. 61 (18), pp. 6115-6130. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2022.2104182

Statistics in soil science

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Webster, R. 2022. Statistics in soil science. Reference module in earth systems and environmental sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822974-3.00002-1

Early Detection and Spread of Tomato Powdery Mildew (TPM) in Commercial Greenhouses

Conference poster

Different Responses in Root Water Uptake of Summer Maize to Planting Density and Nitrogen Fertilization

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Gao, Y., Chen, J., Wang, G., Liu, Z., Sun, W., Zhang, Y. and Zhang, X. 2022. Different Responses in Root Water Uptake of Summer Maize to Planting Density and Nitrogen Fertilization. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13, p. 918043. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.918043

An overlooked mechanism underlying the attenuated temperature response of soil heterotrophic respiration

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Zhang, X., Whalley, P. A., Gregory, A. S., Whalley, W. R., Coleman, K., Neal, A. L., Mooney, S. J., Soga, K. and Illangasekare, T. H. 2022. An overlooked mechanism underlying the attenuated temperature response of soil heterotrophic respiration. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 19 (192), p. 20220276. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0276

Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for estimating soil properties: A technology for the 21st century

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Rossel, R. A. V., Behrens, T., Ben-Dor, E., Chabrillat, S., Dematte, J. A. M., Ge, Y., Gomez, C., Guerrero, C., Peng, Y., Ramirez-Lopez, L., Shi, Z., Stenberg, B., Webster, R., Winowiecki, L. and Shen, Z. 2022. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for estimating soil properties: A technology for the 21st century. European Journal of Soil Science. 73 (4), p. e13271. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13271

Identification of novel aphid-killing bacteria to protect plants.

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Paliwal, D., Hamilton, A. J., Barrett, G. A., Alberti, F., Emden, H. V., Monteil, C. L., Mauchline, T. H., Nauen, R., Wagstaff, C., Bass, C. G. and Jackson, R. W. 2022. Identification of novel aphid-killing bacteria to protect plants. Microbial Biotechnology. 15 (4), pp. 1203-1220. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13902

Spatial statistics and soil mapping: A blossoming partnership under pressure

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Heuvelink, G. B. M. and Webster, R. 2022. Spatial statistics and soil mapping: A blossoming partnership under pressure. Spatial Statistics. 50, p. 100639. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spasta.2022.100639